Final Results (PDF)

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Longwood University opened its 2012-13 women's tennis campaign with competition at the Liberty Fall Classic hosted by fellow Big South Conference member Liberty University on September 14-15 in Lynchburg.  The Lancers were led by senior Marta Pinyol|Barcelona, Spain (IESM Ferran Tallada) and junior Sarah Moomau|Winchester (John Handley) with respective 2-1 records in singles including a Flight 4 runner-up finish by Moomau and a Flight 1 third-place effort by Pinyol, along with sophomore Malin Allgurin|Värnamo, Sweden (Finnvedens Gymnasium) who was 1-1 while finishing third in Flight 2 and teamed with Moomau in doubles (2-1) to finish as Flight 2 runners-up.  Longwood will compete again this weekend, Sept. 21-22, at the Georgetown Classic hosted by BIG EAST Conference member Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
   
“I'm happy with how we played and fought in our first tournament of the year, said second year head coach Jakob Gustafsson.  “There are always kinks to be worked out going into your first few matches of the year.  Everyone responded really well to tough early losses and bounced back with better tennis for the next round.  The big surprise of the tournament was our brand new doubles team of Malin and Sarah.  For being their first few matches playing together, they really played well above expectations.  If we can build on this for our future tournaments, we have a successful fall ahead of us.”
   
Pinyol won her first round match over Laura Gutierrez of Norfolk State University (6-0, 5-7, 10-7), lost in the semifinal to Gemma Valls of Radford University (1-6, 2-6) and won her third-place match against Cameron Richard of Liberty (6-4, 5-7, 10-8).  Moomau won her first round match over Allison Michael of RU (6-0, 6-1) and her semifinal against Gabby Gabriel of Appalachian State University (7-6 [5], 6-4), before falling in the final to Rebecca Jenkins of Liberty (4-6, 3-6).  Allgurin enjoyed a first round bye, lost in the semifinal to Jacqueline Palmucci of James Madison University (0-6, 2-6) and won her third-place match against Tea Ivanovic of Virginia Tech (6-0, 6-4).  Moomau and Allgurin won their first round match over NSU (8-1) and their second round match against Liberty (8-6), before falling in the final to JMU (5-8).
   
Junior Bethany Law|Ona, W.Va. (Cabell Midland) (2-1) was the Flight 7 consolation winner with a victory past Millie Downs of Christopher Newport University (6-1, 6-0), and also defeated Angela Stallman of CNU (6-0, 6-2).  Senior Hannah Hill|Portsmouth (Western Branch) (1-2) fell in the Flight 5 third-place match to MacKenzie Lasure of ASU (1-6, 3-6), and won her first round match against Jodi Noland of CNU (6-0, 6-0).  Junior Nicole Parker|Richmond (Mills E. Godwin) (1-2) fell in the Flight 6 third-place match to Jessi Boda of Liberty (1-6, 1-6), and won her first round match against Rebecca Graff of NSU (6-4, 6-0).  Senior Allison Shulman|Richmond (Deep Run) (0-2) fell in the Flight 3 consolation semifinal to Cora Berna of West Virginia State (1-6, 3-6) before withdrawing due to an injury.
   
Hill and Parker (2-1) placed third in Flight 3 doubles with a win against a pair from JMU and NSU (8-5), after winning their first round match against ASU (8-6) before falling in their semifinal to JMU (4-8).  Pinyol and Shulman (1-2) fell in the Flight 1 consolation final to RU (5-8), after winning their consolation semifinal past CNU (8-6) following a first round defeat to Virginia Tech (1-8).